Survivors want ‘outsider’ to lead NI mother and baby homes inquiry
NI truth panel: ‘We came across four brothers who didn’t know of each other’
New book on Magdalene Laundries addresses ‘fundamental flaws’
Burials, exhumations and cremations of former Magdalene women ‘deeply troubling’
Mother and baby homes commission accused of ‘disrespect’
Survivor say evidence was misrepresented and call for accountability of commission
Murphy hits back hard at critics over mother and baby home report
Controversy over report far from over following commission chair’s robust response
Remains of mothers and babies should be ‘returned’ to families
Mass graves should be protected and preserved, Oireachtas committee to be told
Up to 20,000 adoption files could relate to irregular birth registrations – report
Phrases or ‘markers’ found in sample files that could indicate ‘suspicious practice’
Protest marks end of mother and baby homes commission’s term
Academic warns against delaying release of recordings of survivors’ testimonies
Mother and baby homes: Complaints made over handling of testimonies
Witnesses’ access to accounts among problems that are ‘hard to unpick’, says data regulator
Seán O’Rourke: 32,000 interviews later... ‘I’ve had my fill’
The broadcaster, who retired on Friday, looks back on his career high and low points
Magdalene survivor’s UN case of key importance, lawyer says
State role in ‘suppression of evidence’ on abuse at heart of Elizabeth Coppin’s case
Government caught between contesting passions over retention of abuse files
Some abuse survivors want files opened while others are terrified about revelations
Sealing abuse records for 75 years would make survivors ‘invisible once more’
Minister says sealing records necessary to respect confidentiality provisions of Ryan commission
State must allow institutionalised people access to personal files
Silencing of survivors of historical abuse by those in power has now lasted decades
Women who had children ‘forcibly taken’ still face discrimination
Philomena Lee refused right to give evidence in public to mother and baby home inquiry
Hundreds of Magdalene women gather in Dublin for event in their honour
First time for many to speak freely to other women incarcerated in the laundries
Does RTÉ think it takes three women to do one man’s job?
‘Late Debate’ takes a new direction; Joe Duffy hears painful stories of callous bureaucracy
Outrage expressed at provisions of Magdalene Bill
Advocates for women say Bill is unacceptable paring back of redress package promises
MEPs to be lobbied on terms of reference for mother-and-baby homes commission
Inquiry should include all children ‘born out of wedlock since 1922 rather than institutions’
Mother-and-baby inquiry 'should cover other institutions'
Government urged to uphold UN Human Rights principles and rulings of European Court
Magdalene survivors are still waiting for restorative justice
Opinion: Women feel confused and anxious at the opaqueness of the scheme on offer
Government urged to release secret adoption files
Philomena Lee Project calls on the State to grant access to over 60,000 records
Renewed calls for independent investigation into Magdalene laundries
McAleese Committee ‘tasked solely with investigating the issue of state involvement with the Laundries’
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